Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Ezekiel 14:1
Elders — Men of note, that were in office and power among the Jews, who were come from Jerusalem.
Elders — Men of note, that were in office and power among the Jews, who were come from Jerusalem.
CHAPTER XIV _Here God threatens those hypocrites who pretended to worship_ _him, while they loved and practised idolatry_, 1-11. _He declares his irreversible purpose of punishing so guilty a_ _na...
ELDERS OF ISRAEL - Some of the fellow-exiles of Ezekiel, among whom he ministered....
Ezekiel 14:1. These inquiring elders, with wickedness in their hearts, give another illustration of the depth of degradation in which the people had sunk. He who searches the hearts knew what was in t...
INSINCERITY OF THOSE WHO CONSULT THE PROPHETS. Like prophet, like people. The prophets, as _we_ have just seen (Ezekiel 13), were greatly to blame; but no less were the people partly because of their...
THEN CAME CERTAIN OF THE ELDERS OF ISRAEL. These are to be distinguished from the elders of Judah (Ezekiel 8:1). They had no knowledge (probably) of what was transpiring in Judaea. They had travelled...
Answer to idolaters who inquire of the Lord 1. _elders of Israel_ That is, in point of fact, elders of the exiles; but in them the prophet sees representatives of the house of Israel both at home and...
THEN CAME CERTAIN OF THE ELDERS— The prophet tells us neither the names nor the intention of these _elders of Israel,_ nor the time when they came to him. But the manner wherein God speaks, gives us t...
IV. TWO OBJECTIONS ANSWERED 14:1-23 In chapter 14 Ezekiel deals with two theoretical objections which might be raised against his announcement of Jerusalem's judgment. The first is this How can God pu...
Then came certain of the elders of Israel unto me, and sat before me. THEN CAME CERTAIN OF THE ELDERS - persons holding that dignity among the exiles at the Chebar. Grotius refers this to Seraiah a...
ON PROPHECY, TRUE AND FALSE After rebuking certain prevalent forms of contempt for prophecy (Ezekiel 12:21), Ezekiel reproves the false prophets (Ezekiel 13:1) and false prophetesses (Ezekiel 13:17) o...
EZEKIEL: ‘THEY SHALL KNOW THAT I AM GOD’ THE *SIN OF JUDAH AND THE JUDGEMENT OF GOD EZEKIEL CHAPTER S 1 TO 24 _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 14 WICKED LEADERS – EZEKIEL 14:1-23 V1 Some of *Is
CERTAIN OF THE ELDERS OF ISRAEL. — There is no distinction intended here between the elders of _Israel_ and the elders of _Judah_ mentioned in 8:1, and therefore there is no occasion to suppose a depu...
וַ יָּבֹ֤וא אֵלַי֙ אֲנָשִׁ֔ים מִ זִּקְנֵ֖י יִ
PROPHECY AND ITS ABUSES Ezekiel 12:21 - Ezekiel 14:11 THERE is perhaps nothing more perplexing to the student of Old Testament history than the complicated phenomena which may be classed under the g...
12-23, REAPING AS WE SOW Ezekiel 14:1-6 It is useless to approach God with prayers and inquiries for guidance, as long as our hearts are filled with secret sins and cherished idols. If we regard iniq...
Certain of the elders of Israel now came to Ezekiel, evidently to hear what message he had to deliver to them. The word of the Lord revealed to him that whatever their outward attitude might be, they...
Then came certain of the elders of Israel to me, and (a) sat before me. (a) He shows the hypocrisy of the idolaters, who will pretend to hear the prophets of God, though in their hearts they follow n...
CONTENTS We have here the Prophet Ezekiel surrounded with certain of the Elders of Israel, to hear him preach. The Lord himself answers them....
What a striking representation is here of the Church in all ages! As it was with Ezekiel in Babylon; so is it now in the Egypt of the present world. In our congregations we know not who they are that...
Here Ezekiel relates an event worthy of notice. For this was not a mere vision, but a real transaction, since some of the elders of Israel came to him for the sake of consultation. He says _that he sa...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 13 AND 14. Chapter 13 judges the prophets who deceived the people in Jerusalem by their pretended visions of peace. In chapter 14 the elders of Israel come an...
THEN CAME CERTAIN, OF THE ELDERS OF ISRAEL UNTO ME,.... The Syriac version adds, "to consult the Lord"; by the prophet. These, according to Kimchi, were the elders of the captivity, the heads of the c...
Then came certain of the elders of Israel unto me, and sat before me. Ver. 1. _Then came certain of the elders unto me._] Rulers and chieftains of the captives in Babylon, pretending to be far better...
_Then came certain of the elders of Israel_ Men of note, that were in office and power among the Jews. “The prophet neither tells us the name nor the intention of these elders of Israel, nor the time...
JEHOVAH REFUSES TO ANSWER THE IDOLATERS...
Then came certain of the elders of Israel unto me, namely, of the exiles in Chaldea, AND SAT BEFORE ME, evidently for the purpose of obtaining some information concerning the fate of Jerusalem and of...
1-11 No outward form or reformation can be acceptable to God, so long as any idol possesses the heart; yet how many prefer their own devices and their own righteousness, to the way of salvation! Men'...
EZEKIEL CHAPTER 14 God reproveth those hypocrites, who came to inquire of him with idolatry in their hearts, EZEKIEL 14:1. They are exhorted to repent, for fear of his judgments, EZEKIEL 14:6. No inte...
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‘Then certain of the elders of Israel came to me and sat before me, and the word of Yahweh came to me saying, “Son of man, these men have taken their idols into their heart, and put the stumblingblock...
CONTENTS: Vision of the elders of Israel. Jerusalem on no account to be spared. CHARACTERS: God, Ezekiel, Noah, Job, Daniel. CONCLUSION: Many who have no idols in their sanctuary have idols in their...
Ezekiel 14:1. _Then came certain of the elders of Israel,_ ex-judges and magistrates in Judea. They were all idolaters, yet they wished to know whether there were any hope of their return to Jerusalem...
_These men have set up their idols in their heart._ HEART IDOLS The Lord is now going to search the heart, to turn out the corners of the inmost recesses of the mind, the idol and favourite sin. He w...
EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 14:1 The theme of false prophecy continues (vv. Ezekiel 14:9). The ELDERS in exile (v....
JEHOVAH’S REFUSAL TO ALLOW IDOLATERS TO ENQUIRE OF HIM: THE CERTAINTY OF THE JUDGMENTS DENOUNCED AGAINST THEM (Chap. 14) EXEGETICAL NOTES.—The visit of the elders of the people to the prophet was the...
EXPOSITION EZEKIEL 14:1 As the result, probably, of the previous utterances, certain ELDERS OF ISRAEL, _i_._e_. of the exiles in Tel-Abib, came to consult Ezekiel, wishing to know what counsels or wh...
CHAPTER 14. HYPOCRITICAL INQUIRERS AFTER GOD THEIR WICKEDNESS DISCOVERED AND REBUKED. Ezekiel 14:1. _And there came to me some of the elders of Israel and sat before me._ Ezekiel 14:2. _And the wor...
Then came certain of the elders of Israel unto me, and sat before me. And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Son of man, these men have set up their idols in their heart, and put the stumbling...
2 Kings 6:32; Acts 22:3; Acts 4:5; Acts 4:8; Ezekiel 20:1;...